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Obama Leads Romney, Santorum by Double Digits

President's approval rating shoots to 53%

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 27, 2012 9:56 AM CST

(Newser) – President Obama's approval rating has jumped 9 percentage points over four months to 53%, and he's posting double-digit leads over his top Republican opponents, a poll finds. Obama leads Mitt Romney by 10 points, 53% to 43%, and Rick Santorum by 11 points, 53% to 42%. Competing against a generic Republican, Obama comes out on top by 5 points; that hypothetical contest was tied in November, Politico notes.

It's a bad sign for Republicans: "We’ve not been talking about which would do a better job of running against Obama. We’ve been talking about who is the most or who is the least conservative," says a GOP pollster. Things aren't looking good for Romney among independents, either: Just 33% take a positive view of him, and Obama leads Romney among independent voters 49% to 27%. Just a third of Americans say the country is on the right track, which isn't great news for Obama—but that's double the number who were optimistic in November.

President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives to announce the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control, during a statement, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012,  in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.
President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives to announce the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control, during a statement, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012,...   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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USLady
Feb 28, 2012 12:17 PM CST
Obamas recent speech in Las Vegas was not acceptable! He was crude and hateful! and put down the city and the people -here is some of what he said> his recent comments that las vegas  is a place of excess and overindulgence when Americans should be tightening their belts. Trying to warm up the crowd, Obama joked that a lucky hand Thursday night helped with the nation's economic woes. Just last night I drew a flush on the river and cut the budget deficit in half," he said to laughter.( A lame joke after putting a City down) is not welcomed in Las Vegas-Neither is> Obama's buddy,  louis farrakhan! both him and Obama  are hateful raciest who are against the White Race,not only the White Race,But the American people altogether and seek to use the black people to their own advantage of controlling them if they can! The fact is,.Louis Farrankhan should not even be in our country to start with.Once he tried to start a race war in Atlanta at the Omni,I think he got ran out of the  state. I am placing this on this topic because it seemed they did not want to tell about what Obama talked about and what Farrakhan spoke of also.Farrakhan also put down the people of las Vegas.This is an insult to our nations people! You know what i say! do not welcome this trash of discord in your state! That  goes for Obama or Farrankan wanting space to run their mouths! we do not need it,we want peace and prosperity in our Nation,and these people who are against our nation are trying to stir up trouble are enjoying our country also! i think they should get out! That is not what America is about at all! maybe some over seas country, but not America.They were also friends with Muammar Gaddafi.Obama can forget Las Vegas supporters! we have seen his true love for our people and Nation> Nothing! I will place this video below here,not because it saids Obama is a muslim from the start,but i think it has some other view points that should be looked at.None of these are my videos.Also Christians are not infidels,the fool has said in his heart their is no God! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXOYFpeRIhs http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/24/obama-las-vegas_n_1029134.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlZiWK2Iy8
Cat-Lover
Feb 27, 2012 1:37 PM CST
The Lord has sent us the Republican presidential candidates! To show all of us that President Obama is the best person for the next five years.
piankeshaw
Feb 27, 2012 1:08 PM CST
The Republicans only shot was a Moderate like Rudy Guliani, or Olympia Snowe.  The Crazy Faction of the party won't let Moderates into the tent. 
 

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